Liverpool Flying High!!!-Part 2

The next big match in the March madness for Liverpool was
against the English premier league leaders, Man Utd. Man
Utd had been in splendid form having not lost any premier league
game at their home ground and had a more than 10 game winning
streak. Liverpool had just come from humiliating Real Madrid,
who had won the UEFA Champions league the most times. This was
going to be a very explosive game.

So on March 14th, Liverpool traveled to Old Trafford to meet the
‘Red Devils’. The game started on a high note with each team
being cautious of the other. In the early stages a wonderful
through pass by Tevez was miscalculated by Reina, who tripped Ji
Sung Park in the penalty area. Ronaldo converted the spot kick
and took Man Utd 1-0 up. Play had not continued much when a
lovely lob by Aurelio found Vidic sleeping and the ball bounced
over him. Instead of clearing the ball, Vidic wasted time and
Torres pounced on the ball and put it behind Van der Sar evening
the score. A few minutes before the break, Torres made a lovely
through pass to Gerrard and a miss-tackle by Evra in the 18 yard
box gave Liverpool the penalty. Gerrard was able to squeeze it
beyond Van der Sar despite him jumping the right way. In the
second half, the Man Utd came out firing as they had numerous
chances but were unable to convert. Ferguson did a complete
overhaul of the team by introducing experienced player in the
likes of Giggs, Scholes and Berbatov. This did not pay off
because in a short while...read more on this article here

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